by the editor but one that has since become New-
man’s most widely-recognized. Numerous commis-
sions for magazines such as Fortune, Holiday,
Vanity Fair, andLookfollowed.
Newman’s innovative approach to portraiture
influenced media and advertising through key
publications in the United States and abroad.
Exhibitions and purchases of his work by major
museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York; Victoria and Albert Museum,
London; and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
have led to global recognition.
Newman’s place in the history of photography as
a portrait photographer with an artist’s sense of
composition and observation and a field research-
er’s rapport with his subject was set more than 50
years ago. Newman credits this ‘‘gift’’ to his early
hotel experiences as catalyst for a lifelong fascina-
tion with people. ‘‘I think people are the most
exciting things we have,’’ he recounted in an inter-
view, ‘‘not interesting faces, but interesting people.
They don’t have to be famous. I just love people
and what they do with their lives.’’
CYNTHIAELYCERubinSeealso:Evans, Walker; Farm Security Adminis-
tration; Life Magazine; Look; Museum of Modern
Art; Newhall, Beaumont; Portraiture
Biography
Born in New York City, 3 March 1918. Raised and attended
schools in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Miami, Florida.
Attended the University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida),
1936–1938. Works for chain portrait studios, 1938–1941.
Moves to New York City, 1941. Returns to Miami and
opens Newman’s Portrait Studio in Miami Beach, 1941–
- Returns to New York City, 1945, and moves to studio
on West 67th Street, 1948. Marries Augusta Rubenstein,
1949, two sons. Begins New York Times ad series, 1951;
recipient of the Photokina Award, Cologne, Germany,
1951; Commissioned byLifeto cover presidential candi-
dates, 1951; U.S. Senate essay forHolidayincludes portraits
of Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, 1953; first of continuing
assignments to Europe where he photographs British parlia-
ment, German leaders, and Paris art figures, 1956; founded
Photography Dept., Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1965; tea-
ches Master Class at Cooper Union, New York City, 1968–
1972; American Society of Magazine Photographers Life
Achievement in Photography Award, 1975; lectures in Aus-
tralia, 1981; recipient of Doctor of Fine Arts, University of
Miami, Miami, Florida, 1981; Advertising Club of New
York Award of Excellence, 1983; named Honorary Fellow,
with Augusta Newman, of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem,
1986; recipient of Doctor of Humane Letters, Art Center
College of Design, Pasadena, California, 1987; lectures in
Sweden, 1988; lectures in Venezuela, 1989; recipient of
Honorary Doctorate, University of Bradford, England,
1989; recipient of Doctor of Fine Arts, the New School
for Social Research, Parsons School of Design, New York
City, 1990; ‘‘Director’s Visitor’’ at Institute for Advanced
Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1991; lectures in Santa Fe,
1992; World Image Award and Scholarship named for
Arnold Newman, the New School for Social Research,
Parsons School of Design, New York City, 1993; recipient
of Doctor of Human Letters, Academy of Art College, San
Francisco, California, 1996; recipient of Honorary Docto-
rate of Fine Arts, University of the Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; recipient of Doctor of Fine Arts Honoris
Causa, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington,
D.C., 2000; recipient of Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts,
University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, 2003;
French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Comman-
deur de l’Order des Arts and des Lettres, 2003.Individual Exhibitions
1941 With Ben Rose; A.D. Gallery, New York, New York
1942 Artists Through the Camera; Brooklyn Museum,
Brooklyn, New York
1946 Artists Look Like This; Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1951 The Camera Club; New York, New York
1953 Photography by Arnold Newman; Art Institute of Chi-
cago, Chicago, Illinois
1955 Arnold Newman Collective Work; Portland Art Mu-
seum, Portland, Oregon
1956 Arnold Newman Photographs 1940–1954; Museum of
Art, Santa Barbara, California
Arnold Newman Photographs 1940–1954; Ohio Univer-
sity, Athens, Ohio
Arnold Newman Photographs; Miami Beach Art Cen-
ter, Miami, Florida
1958 Arnold Newman Portraits; Cincinnati Art Museum,
Cincinnati, Ohio
1963 Arnold Newman Portraits; Biennele Internazionale
della Fotografia, Venice, Italy
1972 Arnold Newman; Light Gallery, New York, New York
1976 The Photographers’ Gallery; London, England
1978 Fotografiska Museet; Stockholm, Sweden
Arnold Newman Portraits; Israel Museum of Art, Jer-
usalem, Israel
1979 The Great British; National Portrait Gallery, London, Eng-
land, and traveled to Light Gallery, New York, New York
1986 Arnold Newman: Five Decades; Museum of Photo-
graphic Arts, San Diego, California, and traveled to The
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis
Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach,
Florida; New York Historical Society, New York, New
York; Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas;
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio; Holland
Foto Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Joan Miro ́
Foundation Museum, Barcelona, Spain; Frankfurter
Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany; Muse ́e de l’Elyse ́e,
Lausanne, Switzerland; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford,
England; Odakyu Department Store Gallery, Tokyo,
Japan; Hankyu Department Store Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1989 Arnold Newman: Portraits, Collages and Abstractions;
Old Town Hall, Prague, Czechoslovakia, and traveled to
National Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia; House of
Art, Brno, CzechoslovakiaNEWMAN, ARNOLD